Athletic Club Win In Close Encounter

On the second day of the KK Women's Night Tournament being contested at the Kokan Ground, Athletic Club took on the Smashers in what turned out to be a well contested encounter.

Batting first, the Athletic Club got off to a decent start with openers Sana Ujooj and Hafsa Khalid scoring 11 and 7 runs respectively with 2 boundaries and a six between them. However the Smashers fought back with 2 quick wickets from Zareen Fatima to come back into the game. Subhana Tariq led the Athletic Club back on track with her 9 ball knock of 18 runs, which included 1 six and 2 boundaries. Athletic Club ended their innings at 61 for 6 in their 6 overs.

For the Smashers, opener Saniya was the lone batswomen to reach double figures, scoring 10 runs in 8 balls with 1 boundary in her innings. In the bowling department Rida Hussain was the only wicket taker taking 1 wicket for 8n runs in her 1 over. Due to a large number of extras, the Smashers could only propel their score to 53 runs in their 6 overs for the loss of 3 wickets.

Athletic Club won the match by 8 runs.

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